INCREASING EFFECTIVE STUDENTS’ ENGAGEMENT IN STUDY Gabriela Kelemen 1 , Ph.D. Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad, Romania Abstract: The study stresses out the interest that pedagogy specialist’s show towards education and mostly tries to find proper methods to improve pre-service teacher training. A career in teaching and education has become unattractive for new generations of graduates and we will point out the reasons that led to a low interest for this career: low social value of teaching profession, low income, and lack of students` interest for learning. More and more specialists draw attention upon the fact that education and educational institutions are in a serious crisis. It is a warning for both theoreticians and practitioners. We believe that education is more than a science; it contains also elements of art because it involves judgements, feelings and values. It is necessary for future teachers to be aware of the role and importance of metacognitive self-training in becoming good professionals. Keywords: didactic carrier, formation, study, improving formation, metacognition, empiric research 1. Relevant research literature We find more and more frequently in the pedagogic literature the practitioners` and researchers` concern for the students` effective involvement in a continuous and perseverant study (Biesta, 2011). Numerous studies in the field of pedagogic literature highlight the psycho-pedagogic determinations that favour the students` desire to learn. The opinions are manifold, The Higher Education Academy (2010) in the UK supports the idea of three important elements that actually belong to each student`s personality. These are: „individual student engagement in learning, student engagement with structure and process and student engagement with identity”. Specialists in pedagogy believes that students` serious engagement in learning and study is determined by formal and informal curriculum, by the 1 Gabriela.kelemen@uav.ro; gabrielakelemenuav@gmail.com B-dul Revolutiei, no.77, 310365, Arad, Romania